They could have just made a couple really nice skins to sell in the store for once, then fixed their gear bloat issue they created with free loadouts. It is almost the same as charging you to fix an in-game bug so it doesn’t effect you. Can’t wait to see what they are charging you all for next season. This is just the beginning.
I think 2 loadouts to start with is slim with this style of game. I think 5 or 6 would of made more sense then they can sell all they want and I don’t have a problem with it. The max should be raised too, what is it like 9 max loadouts? Double it at least
You’re right. Skins however are potentially less lucrative. Not everyone has the same taste and is willing to pay for skins. An in game QoL design such as this, does guarantee more money, and is cheaper to produce lol. They’re smart.
Hopefully more gear slots. For being a cash grab, they sure are putting a lot of restrictions on how much they grab.
What’s your point?
That I want to buy more gear slots and they don’t want any more of my money.
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Right.
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Too much gear needed for this game. The grind is unrealistic for a non no-lifer.
This is a famous quote.
I bought the gear sets and paid to unlock level 100 on the pass because all of the extra time spent moving and re-equiping gear can be spent playing the game. I don’t have a lot of free time and I make 30x the cost of a gearset in an hour.
I get where you’re going at, but the time saved to cost ratio doesn’t justify not spending it unless you’re literally below the poverty line and then you’ve likely got financial issues and your worries should be bigger than anything new world.
Eh lol skins are some of the easiets things to create and are super lucrative for almost all games since the advent of f2p…ags is just being stupid with their “design philosophy” and its directly affecting their poor sales in that area.
Gear slots on the other hand seem far more intricate to do as the code in this game leaves to be desired in how these gear slots work which is why the low max limit.
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People are making such a stuff out around these gear slots… I’ve been playing since 2021, and i never had a struggle managing my loadout, and I don’t seek for salvation in gear sets. And if you think you REALLY need gear set to put your smelter set in there, I think you are making the stuff up
How do you guys not get it?
It’s so frustrating and pointless putting on all the different sets and there are SO MANY solutions AGS could implement. Off the top of my head, upgrade trophies to have all the bonuses from gear (cash the gear in for tokens that are needed to upgrade trophy if necessary), or have the gear become a consumable that gives a perma bonus to crafting.
Should be same for gathering gear.
AGS lazy Dev work created the gear set issue and now they are selling a solution for the problem they created.
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I voted yes and bought.
Thats exactly how monetization should be. Sell quality of life improvements not powerups.
Very good idea from the devs.
The MMO version of New World was nowhere near 5-7 years in development though.
Yes, buy more Gearslots pls so this game can leave Beta Phase sooner. Thanks for your support!
Make that between 100 and 500 million. Thats what an MMO costs to develop.
I voted yes and bought few for starters
For a game to make money off of quality of life improvements, it has to be designed to provide a poor quality of life to start with. That means a design that frustrates players with characteristics that slow down the player, inconvenience the player, and generally make the player’s game experience negative in some way.
It really boggles my mind that people would defend that type of game design. I have to conclude that people just don’t really understand the issue.
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I mean, if you consider you get some marks in the battle pass and that it will probably be about 3-4 times a year that’s actually not that bad.
I’ve seen way worse battle pass monetization/skip ahead mechanics in other games that are successful. Once they figure out their long-term financial stability hopefully they can focus on expanding more in other areas as well.
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